Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Core i7-7820HQ

Core i7-7700K vs Core i7-7820HQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7700K performs better than the Core i7-7820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7820HQ. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-7820HQ outputs less heat than Core i7-7700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.